Gudrodr of Ostlandet

Gudrodr "the Hunter" of Ostlandet (805-865) was the king of Ostlandet from 833 to 865, succeeding Halfdan II of Ostlandet and preceding Halfdan III of Ostlandet.

Biography
Gudrodr was born in 805, and was the son of Halfdan II of Ostlandet. He was from the House of Yngling, and he succeeded his father as king of Ostlandet on his death in 833. Gudrodr proposed to marry Asa Haraldsdottir, the daughter of King Harald Granraude of Agder. When Harald refused, Gudrodr attacked him at his farm, and he killed him and his son Gyrd and took Asa as his wife. Their son was Halfdan III of Ostlandet, and he was the grandfather of Harald Fairhair.